The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Administrator
Rank 194 169 196
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 20 43 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.373% 0.783% 0.255%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.388% 0.813% 0.268%
Number of salaries quoted 18 36 15
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,212 £27,200
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,250 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.66% +7.14%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5149 5291 5963
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.08% 96.38% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4545 4588 5167
Average salary £35,500 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Linux Administrator
England

Linux Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Linux Administrator across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West Linux Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Administrator
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux Administrator across the South West region.

South West Linux Administrator Salary Trend

Linux Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Administrator across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South West Linux Administrator Salary Histogram

Linux Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Administrator within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Gloucestershire +10 10 £36,250 -27.50% 2
Somerset +1 5 £30,000 -40.00%
Bristol -10 4 £45,000 +25.87%
Devon +3 1 £37,500 +24.12%
Linux Administrator
England

Linux Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Linux Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Linux Administrator in their job title.

1 52 (100.00%) Linux
2 36 (69.23%) UNIX
2 36 (69.23%) Perl
3 35 (67.31%) Shell Script
4 34 (65.38%) DNS
5 26 (50.00%) Red Hat
6 23 (44.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 22 (42.31%) Bash shell
8 21 (40.38%) Security Cleared
8 21 (40.38%) Firewall
8 21 (40.38%) Cisco
9 20 (38.46%) Microsoft
10 19 (36.54%) MS Exchange
10 19 (36.54%) Load Balancing
11 18 (34.62%) Python
12 17 (32.69%) Clustering
12 17 (32.69%) DHCP
12 17 (32.69%) C
12 17 (32.69%) DV Cleared
13 16 (30.77%) Squid
13 16 (30.77%) qmail
13 16 (30.77%) Postfix
13 16 (30.77%) Sendmail
13 16 (30.77%) HTTP
13 16 (30.77%) LDAP
13 16 (30.77%) SMTP
13 16 (30.77%) Juniper
13 16 (30.77%) Internet
13 16 (30.77%) ISA Server
14 12 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis

Linux Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Linux Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Linux Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.923%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 19 (36.54%) MS Exchange
2 6 (11.54%) Apache
3 5 (9.615%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.923%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 34 (65.38%) DNS
2 21 (40.38%) Firewall
3 17 (32.69%) DHCP
4 16 (30.77%) HTTP
4 16 (30.77%) LDAP
4 16 (30.77%) SMTP
4 16 (30.77%) Internet
5 3 (5.769%) SSH
5 3 (5.769%) SAN
6 2 (3.846%) VLAN
7 1 (1.923%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.923%) VPN
7 1 (1.923%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.769%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.846%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.846%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (5.769%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.846%) Subversion
2 2 (3.846%) JIRA
2 2 (3.846%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 2 (3.846%) Retail
2 1 (1.923%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.923%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 17 (32.69%) Clustering
2 7 (13.46%) SaaS
3 2 (3.846%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 52 (100.00%) Linux
2 36 (69.23%) UNIX
3 23 (44.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (21.15%) Windows
5 3 (5.769%) Ubuntu
5 3 (5.769%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (5.769%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (5.769%) SUSE
6 1 (1.923%) CentOS
6 1 (1.923%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (36.54%) Load Balancing
2 12 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (3.846%) Six Sigma
3 2 (3.846%) ITIL
3 2 (3.846%) RDF
4 1 (1.923%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (1.923%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (1.923%) Bioinformatics
4 1 (1.923%) DNA
4 1 (1.923%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 36 (69.23%) Perl
2 35 (67.31%) Shell Script
3 22 (42.31%) Bash shell
4 18 (34.62%) Python
5 17 (32.69%) C
6 10 (19.23%) SQL
7 5 (9.615%) Java
8 3 (5.769%) C#
9 2 (3.846%) PHP
9 2 (3.846%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 21 (40.38%) Security Cleared
2 17 (32.69%) DV Cleared
3 4 (7.692%) Degree
3 4 (7.692%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.846%) RHCE
4 2 (3.846%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.846%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (30.77%) Squid
1 16 (30.77%) qmail
1 16 (30.77%) Postfix
1 16 (30.77%) Sendmail
1 16 (30.77%) ISA Server
2 3 (5.769%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.769%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.846%) Gluster
Systems Management
1 2 (3.846%) Puppet
Vendors
1 26 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 21 (40.38%) Cisco
3 20 (38.46%) Microsoft
4 16 (30.77%) Juniper
5 6 (11.54%) VMware
6 3 (5.769%) NetApp
7 2 (3.846%) JBoss
7 2 (3.846%) Talend
7 2 (3.846%) Atlassian
7 2 (3.846%) Riverbed
Gloucestershire
Strong shell scripting experience coupled with experience/exposure to one of the following: Bash, Perl, Python or Expect * Understanding of routing and switching protocols and associated Cisco/Juniper...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a driven, proactive SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR with skills in Linux, shell scripting Windows servers, TCP/IP networking and 2ND LINE SUPPORT...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
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